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The mayor noted a balanced budget, low unemployment rate, the opening up of new businesses and newly-formed international connections, as some of the city's recent accomplishments.
Opinions were split between community members who praised the officers for their short response time and those who felt that more is needed to improve the department's transparency and accountability.
Robbery with weapons decreased 21 percent; Commercial and residential burglary have each seen a slight uptick, the former rose 9 percent and the latter crawled up 5 percent; robbery with strong arm, in which the defendant doesn’t use a deadly weapon, has jumped 51 percent, said Hart during a community update this week.
The Torrance Police Department's discussion with students at Ambassador Christian School aims to change the youth's perception of law enforcement.
Progressive prosecutors are reopening investigations of deadly police shootings that resulted in no charges under their predecessors, spurring pushback from police unions.